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Mallett brings money, management skills to Vancouver’s MLS bid
VANCOUVER -- NBA star Steve Nash may have provided the glitz for last week's Vancouver Whitecaps announcement of an official bid for a Major League Soccer franchise, but another B.C.-born high achiever may turn out to the most valuable player. Jeff Mallett, an icon of the Internet technology boom that lit up stock markets from the mid-to-late 1990s, was also introduced as being a member of the ...
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Yahoo! for Vancouver Bid, Philly Off and Running
Soccer Silicon Valley Blog — ... July 30, 2008 Yahoo! for Vancouver Bid, Philly Off and Running More news on the Vancouver expansion bid: former founding employee of Yahoo! and Bay Area resident Jeff Mallet is joining forces the Steve Nash and others to bring MLS to British Columbia. He's been around MLS HQ in New York a lot these days. If their ownership group is any indication, Vancouver should be able to match other ...

The Daily Sweeper (July 30)
Pitch Invasion — ... The National Post in Canada says that though Steve Nash is getting all the attention as a backer of Vancouver’s MLS expansion bid, it’s investor Jeff Mallett who may be key to its success. ...

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